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BFI FLARE 2017: THE HIGHLIGHTS

For 10 days in March BFI Flare, the LGBT film festival will be the best place in London. Only a year ago, such a festival of queerness might have seemed a luxury item, an amuse bouche in a menu of delectable celebrations, a crouton in the sapphic soup of splendidness that we were all enjoying as our marriages, children, lovers and general civil rights rose upon the crème fraîche of success.

This year, things look a little different. This year we are teetering atop a gruel of strangely-shaped vegetables, wondering whether we are all just about to slide back into the abyss of inedible homophobia, while a mournful band of underpaid waiters distracts the crowd with renditions of White Cliffs Of Dover on Union Jack accordions. This year we are marching for civilisation. This year we need the festival.

About DIVA Magazine

We are so excited to have the stars of hot new web series Different For Girls on our cover this month! Open up the issue to find out more and read exclusive interviews with the stellar cast, which includes Rachel Shelley, Nimmy March and Guinevere Turner.
Also in this issue…
Who is your feminism for?
The Veronicas on Mardi Gras, body glitter and Ruby Rose
Jen Richards tells Carrie Lyell what it’s like to be trans in Hollywood
What Would Danvers Do? Feminist life hacks from your TV faves
How jail changed me: 60 Days In Jail star Tami Lynn speaks to Claire Harvey
BFI Flare 2017: Sophie Ward selects her highlights from the LGBT film festival
Sofie Hagen: The Guilty Feminist
Why we love: Janelle Monáe
Are you a miss-ogynist?
PLUS: Travel, fashion, family and much, much more!